republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-285.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Energy And Carbon Management Regulation In Colorado"
description: "Effective July 1, 2023, the act changes the name of the oil and gas conservation commission to the energy and carbon management commission (commission) and expands the commission's regulatory authority to include the authority to regulate a broader scope of energy and carbon management areas beyond oil and gas. The act also changes the name of the oil and gas conservation and environmental response fund to the energy and carbon management cash fund (fund) and allows the fund to also be used by the commission for the purposes of administering the expanded regulatory areas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-285"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-285 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Hansen", "Karen McCormick", "Kevin Priola", "Ruby Dickson"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-22T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27982b19-99af-4e23-92e2-d34451fa27d9"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-285"
source_hash: "bdcfa0e1ba901bc38d16c08c4df726d5d6d181a3b1b64e8dab4adb4e44a5e9c9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado SB 23-285 (2023A) — Energy And Carbon Management Regulation In Colorado

Effective July 1, 2023, the act changes the name of the oil and gas conservation commission to the energy and carbon management commission (commission) and expands the commission's regulatory authority to include the authority to regulate a broader scope of energy and carbon management areas beyond oil and gas. The act also changes the name of the oil and gas conservation and environmental response fund to the energy and carbon management cash fund (fund) and allows the fund to also be used by the commission for the purposes of administering the expanded regulatory areas.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_sb285_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_285_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_285_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_285_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/19/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_285_s_agr_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_285_s_agr_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_285_h_app_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/25/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_285_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_285_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_285_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/22/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_285_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **25–10** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **45–20** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **25–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Hansen — primary (person)
- Karen McCormick — primary (person)
- Kevin Priola — primary (person)
- Ruby Dickson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment `introduction`
- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27982b19-99af-4e23-92e2-d34451fa27d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).